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Saint Agnes Catholic Church Arlington, Virginia
“Take it; this is my body…
This is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed for many.”
T h e M o s t H o l y B o d y a n d B l o o d o f C h r i s t
P a r i s h I n f o r m a t i o n
Parish Clergy Pastor: Rev. Frederick H. Edlefsen
Parochial Vicar: Rev. Richard A. Miserendino
In residence: Rev. Cedric M. Wilson, O.S.A.
In residence: Rev. Thomas Nguyen
Parish Office 1910 N. Randolph Street • Arlington, VA 22207-3046
Office Hours: M-F 8:00am – 4:00pm
Phone: 703-525-1166 • Fax: 703-243-2840
Website: www.saintagnes.org
Parish Office Personnel
Inquiries : [email protected]
Business Manager: Meg McKnight ([email protected])
Director of Development, Outreach, and Communications:
Amber Roseboom ([email protected])
Facilities Manager: Katie Howell ([email protected])
Program Coordinator, Protection of Children:
Joan Biehler ([email protected])
Coordinator of Adoration, Security & Logistics:
Michael Sirotniak ([email protected])
Accounting: Lucy Estrada ([email protected])
Administrative Assistant: Ligia Santos ([email protected])
Ministry Assistant: Nicole Filipowski ([email protected])
Religious Education Office Director (DRE): Bernadette Michael ([email protected])
Administrative Asssistant: Marie Macnamara ([email protected])
Phone: 703-527-1129
Youth and Young Adult Ministry Coordinator: Fr. Rich Miserendino ([email protected])
Liturgical Music Director of Music: Laura Cooman ([email protected])
Director, Saint Agnes Ensemble: Richard Lolich
School 2024 N. Randolph Street • Arlington, VA 22207-3031
Phone: 703-527-5423 • Fax 703-525-4689
Principal: Kristine Carr ([email protected])
Assist. Principal: Jennifer Kuzdzal ([email protected])
Liturgy at Saint Agnes
Sunday Mass Saturday: 5:00pm (Vigil)
Sunday: 7:30am, 9:00am, 10:30am (High Mass) , 12:00pm
Holy Days As announced
Weekday Mass Monday – Friday: 6:30am , 9:00am (Rosary after 9am Mass) Saturday: 7:30am , 9:00am (Rosary after 9am Mass)
Monday: 7:00pm (in Spanish)
Sacrament of Penance
Saturday 8:00am-9:00am; 3:00pm–4:00pm or by appointment
This Week’s Mass Intentions
June Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
M 4 Ninth Monday in Ordinary Time
6:30 am Mary Sumilas (Sumilas Family)
9:00 am Donald Yebba (Claudette Lester)
T 5 St. Boniface, Bishop, Martyr
6:30 am Sue Doherty (Tara Telesha)
9:00 am George Roehring (Gemond Family)
W 6 Ninth Wednesday in Ordinary Time
6:30 am Rita Connors (Jane Connors)
9:00 am Ryan James Clore (Parnigoni Family)
Th 7 Ninth Thursday in Ordinary Time
6:30 am Tony Koones (Barbara Koones)
9:00 am Rev. Jason Burchel (Carol Mack)
F 8 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
6:30 am In Thanksgiving (Hofer Family)
9:00 am Marian O’Brien Shanahan (Forrester Family)
Sa 9 Immaculate Heart of Mary
7:30 am Ray Jay (Andree Mirza)
9:00 am Arthur Meiners, Jr. (Pirozzoli Family)
Vigil Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
5:00 pm Owen Thorp (Fogelson Family)
Su 10 Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
7:30 am Maureen and M/M Hauser (Sam Hauser)
9:00 am Felix Nasuti (Fran O’Brien)
10:30 am Pastor’s Intention: For All Parishioners
12:00 pm Sydney E. Albrittain (Gloria Albrittain) indicates person is deceased
Sunday Mass Readings:
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ EX 24:3-8; PS 116:12-13, 15-16, 17-18;
HEB 9:11-15; MK 14:12-16, 22-26
The Audacious Runt
Pastor’s Column — Rev. Frederick Edlefsen
Dad called him the “runt,” but he was mom’s
“favorite.” Shy, introspective and melancholic,
he was a C- teenager. His brothers topped 6’, but
he was 5’9”. Dad was a distant social climber, a
nominal Catholic in a WASP world. The oldest
brother, Joe, Jr., was daddy’s boy. Athletic, smart
and handsome, he was groomed by dad (FDR’s
friend) to be the first Catholic U.S. President.
Dad sent 19-year-old Joe, Jr. to visit Germany in
1934, who wrote home praising the country’s
forced sterilizations as “do[ing] away with many
of the disgusting specimens of men.” Perhaps it
was preppy cockiness. Perhaps time and grace
cured Joe, Jr., as we hope it does for us all. It was
the age of eugenics, condemned unequivocally
by Pope Pius XI. In 1944, he died on a special
operations mission in France. Thereafter, dad
transferred his presidential designs to son #2,
John.
That’s a snapshot into the lives of some key
players in a tumultuous time – a transition from
the age of eugenic racism (1930s) to the Age of
Aquarius (1960s). Or, if “the medium is the
message,” we might call it a transition from the
“tribal” radio age (1930s) to the “involving” TV
age (1960s). In the meantime, the “runt” was in
John’s shadow.
The runt was sensitive and reflective. His lonely
eyes betokened a troubled mystic, gazing into the
heart of things. Mom feared he’d become
“girlish.” He was the only brother not to see
combat in World War II. As a man, he disclosed
an unfulfilled desire to be a paratrooper. He’d
pull physical stunts – with juvenile audacity –
perhaps overcompensating for a sense of
inferiority. At age 41, while rafting the Grand
Canyon, he defied his guide. To the fear of
his athletically accomplished companions, he
jumped into the icy rapids, floating down the
whitewater through and around rocks.
In 1967, he visited the Mississippi Delta. He
became “ashen faced” at the sight of the
impoverished and hungry black children.
Moved by the injustice, he turned inward and
said, “You don’t know what I saw. I have done
nothing in my life. Everything I have done was a
waste. Everything I have done was worthless.”
Spoken like a saint before Judgment.
On the evening of April 4, 1968, at age 42, he was
travelling to an inner-city neighborhood in
Indianapolis when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
was shot. Three weeks earlier, he announced his
candidacy for President and began campaigning
in the Democratic primaries. As he approached
the city, police warned they couldn’t protect him
if riots broke. Defying fear – like his jump into
the Colorado River – he spoke without notes on a
flatbed truck. Here’s what he said:
Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm only going to talk to you
just for a minute or so this evening, because I have
some – some very sad news for all of you …. I think,
sad news for all of our fellow citizens, and people who
love peace all over the world; and that is that Martin
Luther King was shot and was killed tonight in
Memphis, Tennessee. (Cries of horror break out in the
crowd…he pauses). Martin Luther King dedicated
his life to love and to justice between fellow human
beings. He died in the cause of that effort. In this
difficult day, in this difficult time for the United
States, it's perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation
we are and what direction we want to move in. For
those of you who are black – considering the evidence
evidently is that there were white people who were
responsible – you can be filled with bitterness, and
with hatred, and a desire for revenge. We can move
in that direction as a country, in greater polarization
– black people amongst blacks, and white amongst
whites, filled with hatred toward one another. Or we
can make an effort, as Martin Luther King did, to
understand, and to comprehend, and replace that
violence, that stain of bloodshed that has spread across
our land, with an effort to understand, compassion,
and love. For those of you who are black and are
tempted to …. be filled with hatred and mistrust of
the injustice of such an act, against all white people, I
would only say that I can also feel in my own heart
the same kind of feeling. I had a member of my family
killed, but he was killed by a white man. But we have
to make an effort in the United States. We have to
make an effort to understand, to …. go beyond these
rather difficult times. My favorite ….poet was
Aeschylus. And he once wrote:
Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget
falls drop by drop upon the heart,
until, in our own despair,
against our will,
comes wisdom
through the awful grace of God.
What we need in the United States is not division;
what we need in the United States is not hatred; what
we need in the United States is not violence and
lawlessness, but is love, and wisdom, and compassion
toward one another; and a feeling of justice toward
those who still suffer within our country, whether
they be white or whether they be black. So I ask you
tonight to return home, to say a prayer for the family
of Martin Luther King …. but more importantly to
say a prayer for our own country, which all of us love
– a prayer for understanding and that compassion of
which I spoke. We can do well in this country. We
will have difficult times. We've had difficult times in
the past, but we – and we will have difficult times in
the future. It is not the end of violence; it is not the
The Most Holy Body and Blood
of Christ
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end of lawlessness; and it's not the end of disorder.
But the vast majority of white people and the vast
majority of black people in this country want to live
together, want to improve the quality of our life, and
want justice for all human beings that abide in our
land. And let's dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks
wrote so many years ago: “To tame the savageness of
man and make gentle the life of this world.” Let us
dedicate ourselves to that, and say a prayer for our
country and for our people. Thank you very much.
That was spontaneous. A providential act of
courage. A grace. It’s the only time he spoke
publicly about his brother’s death. No riots in
Indianapolis, unlike in other cities. Bobby
Kennedy’s painful journey from awkward
boyhood to being an icon of hope may have been
“the awful grace of God” taking hold of him.
Grace worked through history too, illuminating
a vision of righting Camelot’s wrongs. Even if
his audacity was part insecurity, grace can work
with that. He was a 1960s visionary of the
highest order: an optimist, a realist and a man of
Faith. An altar boy semper fidelis, he’d jump the
altar rail (as a man) to serve Mass if he saw a
shorthanded priest. Among the Kennedys, he
was the pious one. During his misadventure at
Portsmouth Priory boarding school in the 1930s,
he was the boy who went to most
weekday Masses. He once sent his mother
“recommendations” for serving Mass. A
psychologist could have field day with that
one…but so could the Holy Spirit.
If 1967 was about the Age of Aquarius and the
Summer of Love, 1968 shattered the pipe dream.
The Viet Cong’s Tet Offensive cast fresh doubts
on the Vietnam War. The Democratic Party was
violently divided. Draft card burning and
antiwar protests intensified. Martin Luther King,
Jr. was shot. Riots ravaged cities. For many,
Bobby was hope’s beacon for racial justice and
peace. His popularity among students,
minorities and even mainstreamers was often
electric. Inner-city kids would run alongside his
motorcade. Bobby came to life in crowds.
“Kennedy needed children as much as they
needed him,” said a journalist. Black activist
Sonny Carson said, “He was this younger
brother full of pain.” LBJ called him a
“grandstanding runt.” Crowds pulled him from
his convertible, ripping off his cufflinks and,
twice, a shoe. He even chipped a tooth. Not bad
for a C- introvert. He was the man for “cool”
media, the TV.
Bobby won the California primary on June 4,
defeating Eugene McCarthy. Shortly before
midnight, he entered the Embassy Ballroom at
the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, declaring
victory. Amid euphoric and sweaty crowds,
Bobby appeared with Ethel and spoke of ending
divisions and violence. “We are a great country,
an unselfish country, and a compassionate
country...” He and Ethel departed as crowds
chanted, “We want Bobby! We want Bobby!”
The hotel’s maître d’ lead them down a back
corridor while Bobby glad-handed kitchen staff.
As he turned to look for Ethel, a .22 caliber fired
“pop, pop, pop, pop, pop.” His head took a
bullet.
There were veins of nobility in ‘60s activism
amid the moral chaos. Post-Bobby, many
Americans mourned the loss of these high hopes
– a sadness sung by Dion in Dick Holler’s
requiem, “Abraham, Martin and John.” But the
Father’s Providence weaves tragedy to the good.
Fifty years later, in these confused and
contentious times, we can (like RFK) draw upon
the grace of the Altar and principles of Faith to
move forward in Hope.
*Fact and quotes were taken from Evan Thomas’
excellent biography of RFK.
The Noon Mass will be followed by a procession and a barbeque luncheon in the Parish Hall.
*A reminder for those who RSVPed to join us!
St. Agnes Sodality of Celebrations
Corpus Christi Celebration this Sunday, June 3, 2018
Following the Noon Mass from 1-4 PM in the Parish Hall
Anima Christi
Soul of Christ, sanctify me.
Body of Christ, save me. Blood of Christ, inebriate me.
Water from the side of Christ, wash me. Passion of Christ, strengthen me.
Oh good Jesus, hear me. Within thy wounds, hide me.
Suffer me not to be separated from thee. From the malicious enemy, defend me.
In the hour of my death, call me and bid me come unto thee, that with thy saints I may praise thee forever and ever.
Amen.
St. Agnes Seeks Volunteer Coordinators to Lead Prolife Awareness Team
We are currently seeking volunteer Prolife Awareness leaders to coordinate activity and educational efforts on life issues, from conception to natural death. The volunteers would lead two annual activities - 1) Parishioners participation in the annual March for Life, and 2) A baby collection for Crisis Pregnancy Centers. Beyond that, efforts would be done as the leaders identify them based on their availability. The volunteer leaders will have the full support and assistance of diocesan and St. Agnes staff.
Please contact Amber Roseboom in the Parish Office if you are interested at 703-525-1166, ext. 127 or [email protected].
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5K Run/Walk for
Affordable Housing In honor of its founder, Fr. Gerard
Creedon, Catholics for Housing will
hold a 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, June
16th — the 50th Anniversay of his
ordination — at Bull Run Regional Park
in Centerville, VA. Proceeds enable
Catholics for Housing to provide
sustainable, affordable housing and
critical life skills training to help set
individuals and families on a path to self
-sufficiency. Pre-register online today
at potomac.enmotive.com for just $30, or
the day of the race for $35. Youth ages
10-18 are $20, 9 and under are $15. Visit
saintagnes.org for more information.
St. Agnes Nursery This Sunday The St. Agnes Nursery is available for 1 - 5 year olds
during the 9 AM Mass the first and third Sundays
of every month. Contact Lindsay O’Connell at
[email protected] to volunteer.
Citè Soleil Benefit for Haiti Treat yourself to a culinary tasting to benefit the
children of Citè Soleil, Haiti featuring specialty dishes
and desserts from the finest restaurants in the
Washington, D.C. Metro area. The event is this
Tuesday, June 5th from 7-9 PM in the Parish Hall.
Pick up a flyer in the church vestibule or visit our
website, saintagnes.org, for more information.
Come Pray for our Future Priests The Mass of Ordination to the Priesthood for Deacons
Michael Folmar, Nicholas Schierer and Christopher
Tipton is Saturday, June 9th, at 11 AM at the
Cathedral of St. Thomas More. There is also a Holy
Hour Vigil with Bishop Burbidge and the seminarians
on Friday, June 8th, at 7 PM at the Cathedral, followed
by a light reception. Come pray for our future priests!
St. Agnes Co-Hosts Refugee
Student Banquet with Mount Olivet
Methodist: Desserts Needed! As part of our ongoing effort to support local
refugees, St. Agnes is joining with Mount Olivet
United Methodist Church to co-host a Student
Recognition Banquet on Friday, June 29th at St.
Thomas More Cathedral’s Banquet Hall from 6:15 PM
– 9 PM. The event is sponsored by Catholic Charities
Migration/Refugee Services (MRS) of the Diocese of
Arlington to highlight the achievement of students in
refugee families brought into this area through the
auspices of MRS. About 225 students and their
families attend the event, which includes dinner,
music, award presentations and games for children.
Please sign up to bring a dessert for the event at
saintagnes.org. We need 500 dessert servings of our
choice – cookies, brownies, and cupcakes are all great.
Drop off donated desserts at the Parish Hall Friday,
June 29th between 7 AM and 10 AM.
Also, if you are interested in volunteering to help set
up/decorate the banquet hall the day of the banquet,
or to help with food preparation and service during
the banquet that evening, please contact Jean Shirhall
Weekly Prayer Intentions:
For those who are sick in our midst: Kimberly Costello, Randy Miller, Mona El-Fishawy,
Kathleen Schaefer, Rafael Romero, Gerardo Strathaus,
and the residents of Cherrydale Health and
Rehabilitation.
To add a name, or if a name may be removed because
the person is no longer ill (Deo gratias!), please contact the
Parish Office at 703-525-1166. Names of the sick are listed for
approximately four weeks unless we are notified otherwise.
Adoration Chapel “Come to Me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest" (MT 11: 28). Jesus Christ waits for you in the most Holy Eucharist.
Permanent and substitute adorers are needed daily
between 1 AM and 4 AM to restore perpetual
adoration in the Adoration Chapel at St. Agnes. To
make a commitment, please e-mail Michael Sirotniak
Saint Agnes Essentials:
Infant/Child Baptism:
Register for a class, held the first Monday of each
month at 7:00 PM. Plan to attend before Baptism.
Baptisms are celebrated bi-weekly, after the Noon
Sunday Mass.
Marriage Preparation:
Call the Parish Office for Pre-Cana at least 7
months prior to your wedding.
Anointing of the Sick:
Call the Parish Office to request Anointing of the
Sick. Anyone with a serious illness should
request this sacrament before being admitted to
the hospital.
Homebound Visitation:
Contact [email protected] or call the
Parish Office at 703-525-1166.
How to become Catholic:
Interested in joining the Catholic Church or want
to learn more? Contact Bernadette Michael in the
Religious Education office at 703-527-1129 or a
priest for more information. Rite of Christian
Initiation of Adults (RCIA) classes are held on
Mondays at 7:30 PM.
Holy Orders/Consecrated Life:
Is the Lord calling you? For information about
priesthood, the permanent diaconate, or the
consecrated life, contact a priest or the Diocesan
Vocations Office at 703-841-2514.
Registration/Change of Address:
Registration cards are in the racks at main
entrances of the church, the Parish Office, or on
our website. Return them to the Parish Office, or
email them to [email protected].
The repose of the souls who recently passed: Oscar Zepeda, husband of Amalia Zepeda; and June
Holmes, aunt of Patrick Hofer.
Youth Ministry
Events
Join us this Sunday, June 3rd, as we celebrate the
Feast of Corpus Christi. See pg. 7 of the bulletin
for more information. We hope to see you there!
For more info contact Fr. Miserendino at
For more information contact the school office at 703-527-5423.
Activities
Small Group Bible Study continues on
Tuesday Nights at 7:30 PM in the St. Agnes
Convent (Door #15). Join us!
For more information contact:
Young Adults
Saint Agnes School
Eighth grade graduation
is this Friday, June 8th! Xxx
The Saint Agnes Talent Show is quickly approaching!
Save the date as you won’t want to miss these amazing
students show off their talents: June 12th at 1 PM!
A second three-year-old preschool class has been added
for the 2018-19 school year. There is space available! Please
call the School Office for information and to enroll.
Stewardship: Parish Support - 7 - 718 Sunday Collection (in pew & via mail) $ 15,527
Faith Direct (electronic collection) $ 13,319
Total Offertory for Week $ 28,846
Catholic Communication (in pew & via mail) $ 2,503
Catholic Communication (electronic collection) $ 1,071
Total $ 3,574
Poor Box $ 637
Offertory Budget (FY 17-18) $ 1,677,000
Offertory Budget (through 5/27/18) $ 1,523,509
Offertory Actual (through 5/27/18) $ 1,583,994
Brother Dennis and Associates Franciscan Mission Service is a Catholic
independent lay volunteer organization that
partners with congregations of Franciscan friars
and sisters as well as with Secular Franciscans.
Following in the footsteps of St. Francis and St. Clare,
participants in FMS programs live out Franciscan values by
walking in solidarity with people who are economically poor
Stewardship Report or are marginalized in Latin America and the Caribbean, with
current placements in Bolivia, Guatemala, and Jamaica.
After a three-month formation program, Missioners serve
alongside community members, assisting with local
ministries that strive for peace, justice, and hope. They
provide pastoral care, assist at women’s cooperatives, engage
in sustainable agriculture, offer educational and emotional
support for those abandoned and abused, help facilitate
sessions for survivors of torture, participate in prison
ministry, teach English classes, tutor students, and assist with
parish ministries. Whenever possible, religious Franciscans
in mission serve as lay missioners’ local points of contact and
support.
A second program operates out of the District of Columbia.
The DC Service Corps equips compassionate young adults to
become future nonprofit servant leaders. Participants will
address issues of poverty and injustice through a year of
service with local nonprofits in Washington, DC. Volunteers
use their gifts while further developing their leadership skills
to more faithfully serve in the nonprofit sector. This week,
Brother Dennis and Associates are donating $1,800 to help
sustain these projects. franciscanmissionservice.org
